An important system that has become a widespread cultural piece across America is the enjoyment and participation in sports. There are many moving components and pieces in this system, including the athletes that choose to participate in these games as well as the coaches, trainers and managers. Continuing further into this there are many more people involved in the distribution and enjoyment of the games. All of this involves spectators, announcers, coordinators, mascots, concession stand workers and janitors. There is athletic gear that fans wear in support and there are typical snacks enjoyed with games such as popcorn or hotdogs at a baseball game. With such a large system containing never ending amounts of people, items and varieties of rituals and beliefs it is necessary to narrow down the focus to just a smaller version of this idea. Specifically thinking about the way that an actual stadium functions and the way that it effects the area that it is implemented in.
Within New York City this can be observed in a Queens neighborhood, Willets Point at the Citi Field Stadium. This stadium is home to the baseball team the Mets and holds major musical events such as Beyonce concerts. This idea of having a stadium placed in a neighborhood already has obvious and very present problems in itself. When a stadium is placed in a neighborhood it means that the area will have to be able to withstand very sudden and extremely large surges of people at specific times and days, this specifically being for games or other concerts that choose to use the area. With this very large amount of crowd also means that the area is susceptible to large amounts of waist from the incoming spectators as well as a large amount of noise and general energy. This can cause the area to have a drastic change in mood from game day to a regular afternoon that can turn the area into a waist land.
In its current status Citi Field is surrounded by 62 acres of junkyard and auto repair shops, the area is regarded as being very broken and dirty and whenever it rains most of the area gets flooded with water. New York City and the Bloomberg administration in particular has made attempts to buy the area to transform into apartment houses, office space, a convention center and a mall. Many concerns have risen from this due to the areas concern in cost, with high income apartments being put into the area many people are being forced out of the neighborhood and being told to find home elsewhere.
